Table 5. Description of types of firearm-related behavior identified in manual record review
| Categorya | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| All Cases | N = 437 (100) |
| Explicit verbal threat | 139 (31.8) |
| Explicit written threat | 9 (2.1) |
| Explicit verbal or written threat | 33 (7.6) |
| Threatened-unknown verbal/written/action | 6 (1.4) |
| Shooting/dischargeb | 41 (9.4) |
| o Intentionally shot and hit person | 7 (1.6) |
| o Intentionally shot person but did not hit person | 12 (2.7) |
| o Unintentionally shot and hit person | 2 (0.5) |
| o Intentionally shot non-person but hit person | 2 (0.5) |
| o Intentionally shot at non-person, did not hit person | 10 (2.3) |
| o Intentionally shot around person, did not hit person | 6 (1.4) |
| o Intentionally shot animal | 2 (0.5) |
| Physical harm | 6 (1.4) |
| Point/touch firearm | 73 (16.7) |
| Brandish | 37 (8.5) |
| Other firearm threat | 27 (6.2) |
| Hunting | 8 (1.8) |
| Unlawful possession | 40 (9.2) |
| Firearm possession | 98 (22.4) |
| Stole firearm | 7 (1.6) |
| Cases With > = 1 UCR Violent Crime Charges | N = 108 (100) |
| Explicit verbal threat | 30 (27.8) |
| Explicit written threat | 1 (0.9) |
| Explicit verbal or written threat | 4 (3.7) |
| Threatened-unknown verbal/written/action | 1 (0.9) |
| Shooting/dischargeb | 21 (19.4) |
| o Intentionally shot and hit person | 6 (5.6) |
| o Intentionally shot person but did not hit person | 7 (6.5) |
| o Unintentionally shot and hit person | 2 (1.9) |
| o Intentionally shot non-person but hit person | 0 (0) |
| o Intentionally shot at non-person, did not hit person | 3 (2.8) |
| o Intentionally shot around person, did not hit person | 3 (2.8) |
| o Intentionally shot animal | 0 (0) |
| Physical harm | 4 (3.7) |
| Point/touch firearm | 44 (40.7) |
| Brandish | 13 (12) |
| Other firearm threat | 5 (4.6) |
| Hunting | 1 (0.9) |
| Unlawful possession | 6 (5.6) |
| Firearm possession | 44 (40.7) |
| Stole firearm | 1 (0.9) |
| Cases With > = 1 Non-UCR Violent Crime Charges | N = 288 (100) |
| Explicit verbal threat | 113 (39.2) |
| Explicit written threat | 9 (3.1) |
| Explicit verbal or written threat | 32 (11.2) |
| Threatened-unknown verbal/written/action | 5 (1.7) |
| Shooting/dischargeb | 19 (6.6) |
| o Intentionally shot and hit person | 1 (0.3) |
| o Intentionally shot person but did not hit person | 6 (2.1) |
| o Unintentionally shot and hit person | 0 (0) |
| o Intentionally shot non-person but hit person | 2 (0.7) |
| o Intentionally shot at non-person, did not hit person | 7 (2.4) |
| o Intentionally shot around person, did not hit person | 3 (1.0) |
| o Intentionally shot animal | 0 (0) |
| Physical harm | 4 (1.4) |
| Point/touch firearm | 39 (13.5) |
| Brandish | 23 (8) |
| Other firearm threat | 21 (7.3) |
| Hunting | 0 (0) |
| Unlawful possession | 13 (4.5) |
| Firearm possession | 51 (17.7) |
| Stole firearm | 1 (0.3) |
| Cases With Exclusively Non-Violent Charges | N = 74 (100) |
| Explicit verbal threat | 5 (6.7) |
| Explicit written threat | 0 (0) |
| Explicit verbal or written threat | 0 (0) |
| Threatened-unknown verbal/written/action | 0 (0) |
| Shooting/dischargeb | 8 (10.8) |
| o Intentionally shot and hit person | 1 (1.3) |
| o Intentionally shot person but did not hit person | 2 (2.7) |
| o Unintentionally shot and hit person | 0 (0) |
| o Intentionally shot non-person but hit person | 0 (0) |
| o Intentionally shot at non-person, did not hit person | 2 (2.7) |
| o Intentionally shot around person, did not hit person | 1 (1.3) |
| o Intentionally shot animal | 2 (2.7) |
| Physical harm | 1 (1.3) |
| Point/touch firearm | 1 (1.3) |
| Brandish | 3 (4) |
| Other firearm threat | 2 (2.7) |
| Hunting | 7 (9.3) |
| Unlawful possession | 23 (30.7) |
| Firearm possession | 16 (21.6) |
| Stole firearm | 5 (6.7) |
aCategories are not mutually exclusive per case
bSub-categories of shooting/discharge are mutually exclusive